Andre Lassen's Skeletal Cutlery Makes Eating Breakfast Badass
Michael Hines — March 31, 2011 — Art & Design
References: raven-armoury & neatorama
I am willing to wager that when the devil sets his table, he uses André Lassen's Skeletal Cutlery. Lassen is a Dutch artist who specializes in making all sorts of macabre and badass weapons, furniture and jewelry pieces.
Despite the inherent creepiness of a fork and spoon modeled after human remains, I do have to admit that the Skeletal Cutlery set is incredibly edgy. Lassen has completely redesigned forks, knives and spoons for the better. Each of these pieces look like they could be used to fight off hungry demons or siblings, whichever you happen to come across first. The Skeletal Cutlery set is available for purchase and sells for the princely sum of $1,444 for the complete set or $577 per piece.
Despite the inherent creepiness of a fork and spoon modeled after human remains, I do have to admit that the Skeletal Cutlery set is incredibly edgy. Lassen has completely redesigned forks, knives and spoons for the better. Each of these pieces look like they could be used to fight off hungry demons or siblings, whichever you happen to come across first. The Skeletal Cutlery set is available for purchase and sells for the princely sum of $1,444 for the complete set or $577 per piece.
Trend Themes
1. Macabre Tableware - The trend of utilizing unsettling and unusual designs in tableware, such as Skeletal Cutlery, provides an opportunity for disruptive innovation in the home goods industry.
2. Edgy Flatware - With more consumers seeking unique and daring products, there is potential for the flatware industry to innovate and create bolder and more unconventional designs, like Andre Lassen's Skeletal Cutlery.
3. Functional Art Pieces - The popularity of art pieces that double as functional items, such as Skeletal Cutlery, presents an opportunity for robust innovation at the intersection of art and design.
Industry Implications
1. Home Goods - Incorporating innovative and provocative design elements into traditional home goods, such as tableware sets, could be a disruptive approach in the home goods industry.
2. Flatware - The flatware industry can explore new frontiers in design by creating unconventional and daring cutlery, similar to the Skeletal Cutlery by Andre Lassen.
3. Art and Design - The growing interest in combining art with functionality provides lucrative opportunities for the development of captivating yet usable art pieces, as seen with the Skeletal Cutlery by Andre Lassen.
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